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The Council’s Economy and Resources committee (16 November) will consider a report on the Council’s mandatory Public Bodies Climate Change Duties Report (CCDR) for the financial year 2020-21, to be submitted to Scottish Government by 30 November 2021.
The committee will be asked to:
- Note the progress made towards delivering the public body duties for climate change. This includes a significant reduction in waste emissions as well as a reduction in stationary, transport and buildings emissions. The total shows that Dumfries and Galloway Council again have reduced the carbon footprint of the authority.
- Note that, by increasing the number of fully electric vehicles, robustly managing waste, disposing of older less efficient buildings and the refurbishing existing buildings, the Council has reduced its carbon emissions.
- Note that these reductions have been made in a year where Covid-19 had a significant impact on Council activity. In addition, and due to the requirements to ventilate buildings, particularly in the winter, it is anticipated that energy use in Council buildings will increase over the year 2021/22.
The Climate Change (Duties of Public Bodies: Reporting Requirements) (Scotland) Order 2015 came into force in November 2015 as secondary legislation made under the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009. The Order requires bodies to prepare reports on compliance with climate change duties.
Information included in the CCDR reports is collated by Scottish Government. A Climate Change Public Sector Report is produced annually. This helps to monitor public sector progress and inform the future direction of climate change policy, legislation, funding and support programmes.
In June 2019, the Council declared a Climate Change Emergency and now has a new priority linked to climate. Alongside this declaration was a 12-point plan to reduce emissions across the region.
Councillor Rob Davidson, chair of the Economy and Resources committee, said: “It’s essential that we continue to step up our actions significantly. Measures to tackle climate change must be embedded in everything our Council does. With our leadership and commitment our Council will be in the vanguard of addressing climate change in our region.”
Councillor Archie Dryburgh, vice chair, said: “Our climate emergency declaration states that Dumfries and Galloway will be a net zero region by 2025 as we urgently respond to climate change. We’re developing a citizens’ panel to support and inform our future activity.”
